Signs of the Times, The Fourth Turning

How the Fourth Turning Explains the Mainstream Entertainment Collapse

In the past few years, the mainstream entertainment industry has been gripped by an epidemic of costly flops. These failures have spread across video games, movies, comic books, and more. Titles expected to be blockbuster hits—like Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Skull and Bones, and Suicide Squad: Kill…
November 13, 202411 Comments
Trump - Student Debt

Trump’s Higher Ed Plan: A Template to Relieve Student Debt?

The student debt crisis is a ticking economic time bomb that threatens everyone from young borrowers unable to start families to older Americans facing financial hardship well into retirement. Regular readers know I've outlined a two-step plan to defuse the student usury crisis through government debt cancellation and seizing university endowments…
November 12, 202412 Comments
Kid Reading

Are Kids Really Reading Less, or Are We Just Measuring Wrong?

Hot on the heels of sensationalist fake news claiming that men hate reading, a recent piece in the Guardian breathlessly reports that reading is about as popular with children as spinach and homework. But are kids really reading less, or are they just measuring wrong? Like the "Men hate reading"…
November 8, 202410 Comments
The World You Were Raised to Survive In No Longer Exists

How Nostalgia is Shaping Generation Y’s Role in Society

As Generation Y reaches middle age, their nostalgia-driven outlook is distinctly shaping their social and political decisions. This cohort, with formative years before smartphones and social media, contrasts sharply with Millennials and Generation Z, who are more attuned to digital trends and progressive social movements. The 2024 election underscores this…
November 7, 20247 Comments
Tolkien - Wolfe vs Materialism

Why Materialism Holds Back the Right’s Next Great Storytellers

Over on X, Isaac Young posted an insightful thread in which he sought to answer why the new counterculture has not yet produced a successor to J.R.R Tokien or Gene Wolfe. It's definitely worth a read. Young touches on something profound in his critique of how modern storytelling, particularly on…
November 6, 20244 Comments
ConsumeProduct

Millennial Snot and the Pop Cult: Worship in a Soulless Age

A lengthy post on X by Dudley Newright has brought an ancient truth about human nature back into the spotlight: Everyone worships something. Newright points out that today, this primal need doesn’t always lead us to a higher purpose. Instead, a growing segment of Western society has diverted its energies…
November 5, 202416 Comments
Preaching to the Choir

Why Preaching to the Choir Isn’t the Solution

In his response to my recent post about the limitations of Christian Fiction™ A.H. Lloyd raises points on the importance of reinforcing Christian themes via content made for Christian audiences, essentially preaching to the choir. While I understand Lloyd’s concerns, his response ultimately misinterprets my critique of the Christian fiction…
November 4, 202411 Comments
All Saints Day

All Holy Saints, Patriarchs, Prophets and Angels

November 1 is the Solemnity of All Saints in the Latin Church. What is All Saints' Day? Catholic Answers explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5oWv3u3kh0&t=90s All Saints Day, celebrated on November 1 in the Roman Catholic Church, is a holy day of obligation, and many other Christians celebrate it too, including Eastern Catholics on…
November 1, 2024No Comments